NH-544: Kerala High Court Defers Order On Restoring Paliyekkara Toll Over Reports Of Service Road Collapse

The Kerala High Court has refused to pass orders lifting suspension of toll collection at Paliyekkara Toll Plaza (Thrissur district) on NH 544, citing collapse of a service road at Muringoor.The Division bench comprising Justice A Muhammed Mustaque and Justice Harisankar V Menon were hearing writ petitions concerning severe traffic congestion in the Mannuthy–Edappally stretch of NH...

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez Moves Supreme Court For Quashing Of 200 Cr-Money Laundering Case Involving Sukesh Chandrashekhar

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has moved the Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court's dismissal of her quashing plea in the 200 cr-money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. As an interim measure, the actress prays for stay of trial qua her.To recap, Fernandez's plea before the High Court sought quashing of ED's ECIR as well as the second...

Vacancy At Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Conservation Foundation, Gondia, Maharashtra

The office of executive director, Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Conservation Foundation, Gondia invites application for the post of Legal Officer on contractual basis.Name of the Post: Legal Officer No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 25 Years Remuneration: Rs.25,000/- Negotiable Essential Qualification and Experience • LL.B. Graduate passed with min.60% marks from State of Maharashtra. • Familiar with civil court procedures, expertise in court drafting, experience of Argument and hearing before...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 15 - September 21, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 565 - 587]Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 565Shaji @ Shaiju v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 566Dr. A Neelalohithadasan Nadar v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 567Sunilkumar v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 568XXX v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 569Suo Motu v State of Kerala and...

Are Hyderabad Cricket Association Officers 'Public Servants' Under Prevention Of Corruption Act? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court is set to examine whether the officers of Hyderabad Cricket Association (“HCA”) fall within the category of public servants to be tried in corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“PC Act”). A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale heard the petition filed against the Telangana High Court's decision refusing to quash the...

NCLT Not Empowered To Interfere With Attachment Of Properties Under PMLA Proceedings: NCLT New Delhi

The NCLT, New Delhi Bench, comprising Shri Manni Sankariah Shanmuga Sundaram (Member-Judicial) and Shri Atul Chaturvedi (Member-Technical), has held that the NCLT lacks the authority to adjudicate upon an order issued by the adjudicating authority under PMLA or to direct the Enforcement Directorate to release the attachment. The present application was filed by the...

'Unfortunate And Painful': Madhya Pradesh High Court Orders Verification of Father's Income in Daughter's Battle For Maintenance

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has expressed anguish over the plight of a young woman compelled to approach the courts repeatedly for her maintenance from her father.A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi was hearing an appeal filed by father against his daughter, who is pursuing her graduation in Mumbai.“It is very unfortunate and painful...

PIL Filed In Delhi High Court Seeking Removal Of Graves Of Afzal Guru, Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt From Tihar Jail Premises

A public interest litigation has been initiated before the Delhi High Court Court seeking the removal of the graves of Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt and Mohammad Afzal Guru, who were executed for terrorism-related offences, from Delhi's Central Jail, Tihar. As an alternative, it is prayed that the authorities relocate their mortal remains to a secret location in accordance with law, “so as to...

Unfair To Generalise That Wives Are Breeding A Class Of Idle Women To Burden Husbands To Pay Maintenance: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court recently observed that unless there is clear material evidence of income or actual prospects of earning, it would be 'unfair' to generalize that educated wives intentionally avoid working only to saddle their husbands with liability to pay maintenance A bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy, while dismissing a revision petition filed by a husband against...

No Protection For Encroachers On Forest/Govt Land, Regardless Of Faith: Gauhati High Court Disposes PIL Concerning Assam's Indigenous Muslims

Refusing to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the demolition of houses allegedly belonging to members of the indigenous Assamese Muslim community in Assam, the Gauhati High Court recently observed that there can be no protection to a person encroaching upon forest/Government land, be it a person professing any faith. A Division Bench of Justice...

Arbitrators Can Use AI But Content Must Be Critically Reviewed, Independently Verified: Allahabad HC's Justice Shekhar B. Saraf

While speaking at the Delhi Arbitration Weekend 2025 (DAW), Allahabad High Court Judge, Justice Shekhar B. Saraf today emphasised that though artificial Intelligence coupled with Machine Learning will be a game changer in drafting arbitral awards, it must not be used as a substitute for carrying out analysis, and the content must be verified and corrected before it is made a part of...

'Cognisance' Of FIR Against Gang Member Enough To Invoke MCOCA, Conviction Not Required: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 can be invoked if a Magistrate takes cognizance of two or more FIRs against a person as 'member of the Gang' and there is no pre-condition that such FIRs should have resulted in conviction.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while dealing with a bail application moved by...